Registered charity · Cirencester
The Mills Equus Trust
The Mills Equus Trust is a registered charity (number 1159363) based in Cirencester, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £281k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as MET (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £281k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Animals
- Where
- Throughout England
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£281k£278k
- 2024£244k£294k
- 2023£174k£221k
Earlier years
- 2022£327k£208k
- 2021£231k£184k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1 THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF HORSES, PONIES, DONKEYS AND MULES WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF SUCH OLD, RETIRED, SICK, ILL-TREATED UNWANTED OR ABANDONED ANIMALS; ENSURING THAT THE LAND IS NOT OVERSTOCKED AT ANY TIME AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF GOOD ESTATE MANAGEMENT; AND2 THE PROMOTION OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPER CARE AND TREATMENT OF HORSES, PONIES AND DONKEYS AMONG THE PUBLIC.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Adam Smail since 2014
- Bridget Elizabeth Caroline Baxter since 2014
- Caroline Elizabeth Louise Smail since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Mcconnel since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Adam Smail since 2014
- Bridget Elizabeth Caroline Baxter since 2014
- Caroline Elizabeth Louise Smail since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Mcconnel since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Adam Smail since 2014
- Bridget Elizabeth Caroline Baxter since 2014
- Caroline Elizabeth Louise Smail since 2019
- Susan Elizabeth Mcconnel since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159363
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- WILL PROVED ON 11/09/2014
- Contact on the register
- 01285821378
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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